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Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2010

MUSIC DEPARTMENT OFFERS VARIETY OF CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES IN OCTOBER

MANHATTAN -- The Kansas State University department of music is offering a full schedule of events in October. Unless noted, all events are free and open to the public. They include:

* K-State Concert Choir and Collegiate Chorale concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, All Faiths Chapel. This performance, themed &1xbet online games login ;Home This Day,&1xbet online games login ; will feature the Collegiate Chorale performing &1xbet online games login ;Calling My Children Home,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;My Homeland&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;The Road Home.&1xbet online games login ; The K-State Concert Choir will present a selection of songs focusing on the passing of a day, including &1xbet online games login ;My Lord What A Morning,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;You Are the New Day&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;Tonight Eternity Alone.&1xbet online games login ;

* Guest pianist Kevin Ayesh, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, All Faiths Chapel. Recipient of the Naftzger Piano Award and the Baltimore Music Club Award, Ayesh is the head of the department of music at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, N.C. He 1xbet online games login perform a special concert commemorating the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin's birth, which 1xbet online games login include selections such as Chopin's B Minor and B-flat Minor sonatas.

* Recital by soprano Amy Rosine, assistant professor of voice at K-State, and guest artist Sandra Mosteller, associate professor of clarinet at Wayland Baptist University, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, All Faiths Chapel. With piano accompaniment by Anne Breeden, the eclectic concert will include the horticultural romp &1xbet online games login ;A Garden of Weeds&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;I Never Saw a Butterfly&1xbet online games login ; as set to texts written by children of Theresienstadt.

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* K-State Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, McCain Auditorium. The Concert Band will perform works by Hindemith, Beethoven and Sousa; and the Wind Ensemble will perform pieces by Fuchs and Bernstein, including the popular &1xbet online games login ;Symphonic Dances&1xbet online games login ; from &1xbet online games login ;West Side Story.&1xbet online games login ; Paula Crider, professor of music at the University of Texas at Austin, will guest conduct both bands. K-State faculty directors of the ensembles include Frank Tracz, director of bands and professor of music, and Don Linn, assistant professor of music.

* Student Recital Series, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, All Faiths Chapel. The one-hour concert 1xbet online games login feature a variety of student performers from the department's vocal, wind, keyboard and string divisions.

* K-State Orchestra concert, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, McCain Auditorium. The concert will feature K-State faculty artist Patricia Thompson, mezzo-soprano and assistant professor of music, in arias by Vivaldi and Bach. The program also will feature Beethoven's &1xbet online games login ;Leonore Overture No. 3&1xbet online games login ; and Borodin's &1xbet online games login ;Symphony No. 2.&1xbet online games login ; Suggested donations, which go to the K-State Chamber Orchestra's upcoming Ireland tour, are for adults and for students.

* Performances by the K-State Men's and Women's Glee clubs, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, All Faiths Chapel. Directed by K-State's Joshua Oppenheim, assistant professor of music, and Julie Yu-Oppenheim, assistant professor of music, the groups 1xbet online games login perform a fun and varied vocal program.

* Concert by the Opera Workshop, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, All Faiths Chapel. Directed by K-State's Reginald Pittman, associate professor of music, the student group will perform a variety of scenes from operas, including &1xbet online games login ;Falstaff,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;Le Nozze di Figaro,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;La Cenerentola,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;The Dialogues of the Carmelites&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;The Mikado.&1xbet online games login ; Amanda Arrington, music staff accompanist at K-State, will accompany the performance.

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* Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble recital, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, All Faiths Chapel. K-State's Steve Maxwell, assistant professor of music, 1xbet online games login direct the performance.

* Concert by the K-State Jazz combos, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, Union Station in the K-State Student Union. The ensembles are directed by Wayne Goins, professor of jazz at K-State.

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* K-State Singers Fall Show, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, McCain Auditorium. Directed by K-State's Oppenheim and Yu-Oppenheim.

* ETHEL, a string quartet of Juilliard graduates, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, Forum Hall at the Union. One of the nation's premier postclassical string quartets, the group will present the lecture recital &1xbet online games login ;Present Beauty.&1xbet online games login ; Coordinated by K-State's Cora Cooper, professor of violin, the program is sponsored by K-State's University Distinguished Lecturer Series, the department of music and the student chapter of the American String Teachers Association.

* Guest artist William McMullen, professor of oboe at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, All Faiths Chapel. Principal oboist of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, McMullen 1xbet online games login present a recital featuring works by Robert Schumann, Malcolm Arnold, Alessandro Longo and G.F. Handel. He 1xbet online games login be joined in the performance by K-State's Arrington and Nora Lewis, assistant professor of music. Following the recital, McMullen 1xbet online games login teach a free master class at 5 p.m. in 204 McCain Auditorium. K-State undergraduate oboe students 1xbet online games login be featured in the class.

More information about the K-State music department's October performance events is available by calling 785-532-5740.